Welcome to the May 2019 Round Up of the Fulbright REVIEW Blog

Summer is just around the corner, but first it’s time to celebrate all of our amazing new graduates from the U of A’s J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences!

More than 4,500 students attended the 2019 Spring Commencement ceremonies and about a fourth of those new alumni are from our very own Fulbright Family!

You can read all about commencement and lots of recent student, faculty, staff, alumni and community member news and accomplishments right here in the Fulbright REVIEW.

To kick things off, meet this M.F.A. playwright-performer whose solo show recently received numerous prestigious national awards!

Then join us in congratulating this faculty member who was just elected to the highly competitive American Bandmasters Association.

And another congrats goes out to this geosciences faculty member who recently discovered several rare, original maps created by renowned explorers.

Don’t miss this wonderful story about a group of interdisciplinary scholars – including one of our own sociologists – who are working on the communitywide effort to address homelessness in Northwest Arkansas with the New Beginnings bridge housing project.

Then, be sure to meet this communications powerhouse, who researches the intersections of technology, popular culture and policy. Included is a bonus podcast!Also learn why this English alumnus is honoring the legacy of a former professor with a new endowed award to help faculty and students.

Spend time getting to know one of the The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History’s stellar staff members, and this physics alumnus who pursued his dream of working at NASA!

Afterward, in continuing with our commencement theme, meet one of our newest graduates, who studied criminal justice and economics and will start graduate school at the Clinton School of Public Service this fall!

And as always, remember that more new stories are posted at fulbrightreview.uark.edu continuously, and our monthly email round ups will keep showcasing the most interesting features so you never miss the inside scoop.

We hope you’ll stay tuned and continue to enjoy the blog. And, if you have a great story idea or know someone you’d like for us to feature, please email us at fulbcomm@uark.edu or submit your own post.

Sincerely, 

Todd Shields, Dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences